Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2015. A former executive of a water treatment chemicals manufacturer has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to eliminate competition by fixing prices, rigging bids and allocating customers for liquid aluminum sulfate supplied to municipalities and pulp and paper companies in the United States. Frank[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former St. Louis Assistant Prosecutor Pleads Guilty to Concealing Police Officers’ Assault of Arrestee
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. A former prosecutor for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office pleaded guilty in federal court today to concealing her knowledge of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) officers’ assault upon an arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri and Principal Deputy[Read More…]
Three Defendants Convicted of Conspiring to Illegally Export Controlled Technology to the Russian Military
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. Earlier today, after a month-long trial, Alexander Posobilov, Shavkat Abdullaev and Anastasia Diatlova were convicted of all counts, including conspiring to export, and illegally exporting, controlled microelectronics to Russia. Posobilov was also convicted of money laundering conspiracy. These defendants, all of whom worked at Arc Electronics[Read More…]
DeKalb County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Captain Charged with Encouraging Excessive Force at County Jail and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. Leonard Dreyer, a captain with the DeKalb County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia on charges of encouraging Dwight Hamilton, a former corrections officer, to use excessive force against an inmate at the DeKalb County[Read More…]
Owner of Two New York Medical Clinics Pleads Guilty to Role in $55 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Defendant Laundered Millions through Sham Vendors, Generating Cash to Pay Illegal Kickbacks Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. The owner of two medical clinics in Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today to her role in a $55 million health care fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]
Former Davis, Ill. Resident Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As A Convicted Sex Offender
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. A former Davis, Ill. resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a charge of failure to register under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). MARK STEPHEN CURTIS, 29, who moved from North Carolina to Davis, Ill. during September[Read More…]
High-Level International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Long-Running Narcotics Conspiracy
Defendant Operated Out of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Bahamas, Spain, France, Italy, Panama and Luxembourg Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. Gregory Joel Sitzmann, 65, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role as the leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring that operated[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Plotting to Kill Two Potential Witnesses in His Son’s Murder Trial
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. A Chicago father who offered to hire a hit man to execute two potential witnesses in his son’s murder trial was sentenced today to 17 and a half years in federal prison. EURIPIDES CAGUANA, 61, sought the killings of two men he believed would testify against[Read More…]
CEO of Chicago Healthcare Company Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Billing Medicare in $1.8 Million Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. The chief executive of Chicago-based Mobile Doctors pleaded guilty today to charges that he fraudulently increased Medicare bills for in-home treatment that was shorter and less complicated than the claims indicated. DIKE AJIRI, 44, of Wilmette, admitted in a plea agreement that he personally altered patient[Read More…]
Former Connecticut Resident Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Attempting to Send U.S. Military Technology to Iran
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. Mozaffar Khazaee, 61, formerly of Manchester, Connecticut, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of the District of Connecticut for violating the Arms Export Control Act by attempting to send to[Read More…]
